March 19, 2010, 12:14 pm
Ken Sallows is one of Australia's most noted editors. His career started in the 1970s working at Crawford Productions on legendary TV shows like Homicide, Bluey, and The Sullivans. He moved into the film world as an assistant editor on Fred Schepsi's The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith (1978).

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December 18, 2018, 12:20 pm
Bill Curso is a makeup artist with thirty plus years under his belt, he’s got three Oscar nominations with one win, five Emmy nominations with three wins, and has worked on some of the most iconic films of the last thirty years. But what does it take to make Ryan Reynolds and the cast of Deadpool 2, based on comic book characters, look believable?

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December 18, 2018, 7:11 am
Chris Dickens, ACE, won the Oscar and an ACE Eddie for Best Editing for Slumdog Millionaire. He was also nominated for an ACE Eddie for Best Editing for Les Miserables. Other work includes Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, MacBeth, The Man with the Iron Heart, and Steel Country.

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December 18, 2018, 7:11 am
LOS ANGELES -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in consideration for the 91st Oscars in nine categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects.

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December 18, 2018, 7:11 am
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have announced the 10 short films that will be voted upon to make it through to the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards. This shortlist will be trimmed once more as the final nominees will be selected by branch members. The final nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 and the winner will be revealed Sunday, February 24, 2019.

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December 17, 2018, 5:44 am
As a cinematographer, but also an occasional editor who either hires talented motion graphics artists or, in the cases where there isn’t enough budget to do so, does it himself, it recently occurred to me we’re living in a brave new world of automation. For a variety of reasons, such as I shoot a lot of small crew and even some one-man band production, I have come to count on such convenient innovations as dual-pixel autofocus and variable internal NDs on production cameras.

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December 16, 2018, 6:13 pm
As the director of elaborate fantasy epics like the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” trilogies, Peter Jackson has become known for meticulous attention to detail. Now he has put the same amount of care into making a documentary.

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December 16, 2018, 8:46 am
In 2016, Warner Bros. Pictures and writer J.K. Rowling pulled off the impressive feat of kick-starting a new movie franchise set in the same “Wizarding World” as the Harry Potter series. Set decades before the events of the eight-part saga, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was a critical and commercial hit, earning acclaim for its magic-infused vision of 1920s New York City and the colorful, fictional creatures let loose upon it over the course of the film.